Clinical trials: Growth Disorders
Growth, Infant Development
The Effect of Baby-Led Weaning and Traditional Complementary Feeding Education on Infant Development
The goal of this [type of study: clinical trial] is to compare compare the nutrition, development, obesity risk and anemia risk of the infant with the BLW method and TCF method given to the mothers of infants who have switched to…
- Conditions
- Growth, Infant Development, Complementary Feeding, Nutrition, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT05771324
- Testing
- Baby-Led Weaning (BLW), Traditional Complementary Feeding (TCF)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University
Preeclampsia
LMWH to Prevent Preeclampsia and Fetal Growth Restriction
The objective of this trial will be to determine whether prophylactic low-molecular weight heparin therapy in pregnant women with the heterozygous Factor V Leiden and G20210A prothrombin gene mutations thrombophilia and a history…
- Trial name
- NCT00260520
- Testing
- Dalteparin
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florence
Growth Hormone Deficiency
Reference Values for Body Composition Parameters and IGF-I in the Adult NordiNet® International Outcome Study
The treatment of Growth Hormone deficiency (GHD) patients with GH, often induce fluid retention; this effect is dose dependent and temporary. The symptoms are swelling of soft tissue and joint stiffness.
- Trial name
- NCT01120977
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Cardiovascular Disease
Effects of Growth Hormone on the Nitric Oxide Pathway
The purpose of the study is to determine whether the treatment with growth hormone has an influence on the nitric oxide pathway in healthy males.
- Trial name
- NCT00470002
- Testing
- Somatropin
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hannover Medical School
Huntington's Disease
Child to Adult Neurodevelopment in Gene Expanded Huntington's Disease
Huntington's Disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant disease manifested in a triad of cognitive, psychiatric, and motor signs and symptoms. HD is caused by a triplet repeat (CAG)expansion in the gene Huntingtin (HTT).
- Trial name
- ChANGE HD (NCT01860339)
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 488 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peggy C Nopoulos
Premature Birth
Neuroendocrine Mechanisms of Growth and Body Composition in Preterm and Term Infants
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of measuring body composition by air displacement plethysmography (ADP) in rapidly growing, medically stable late gestation [32-35 weeks post-menstrual age (PMA)] premature…
- Trial name
- PREMA (NCT00833222)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Prognathism, Retrognathism
Natural History of Craniofacial Anomalies and Developmental Growth Variants
Background: Some head and facial abnormalities are rare and present at birth. Others are more common, and may not show up until puberty. These conditions have different causes and characteristics.
- Conditions
- Prognathism, Retrognathism, Dentofacial Deformities
- Trial name
- NCT02639312
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Growth Hormone Deficiency
The AgRP and GH/IGF-1 Axis in Children
Recent data support the existence of a GH-Agouti-related peptide (AgRP) axis. The neuropeptide AgRP promotes food intake and has important effects on energy homeostasis.
- Trial name
- NCT05645211
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Sleep, Pregnancy
Ghana PrenaBelt Trial: A Positional Therapy Device to Reduce Still-Birth
Every day in Ghana, 47 babies are stillborn (SB) and 232 babies are born with low birth-weight (LBW) - many of whom will die in infancy or suffer lifelong consequences.
- Conditions
- Sleep, Pregnancy, Stillbirth, Infant, Low Birth Weight
- Trial name
- NCT02379728
- Testing
- PrenaBelt, Body Position Sensor
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Allan Kember
Healthy, Overweight and Obesity
Westlake Precision Nutrition Study 2 (WePrecision2)
This is a dietary intervention study, which aims to explore different diet challenges for glucose metabolism, including carbohydrates and fasting dietary pattern.
- Trial name
- WePrecision2 (NCT05800730)
- Testing
- refined carbohydrate breakfast, whole grain breakfast, energy-restricted diet
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Westlake University
Eye Diseases
Testing of Innocuousness of Benzalkonium Chloride on the Eye Concerning Possible Growth of Langerhans Cells
The study analysis the influence of benzalkonium chloride on the density of antigen presenting Langerhans cells. This is achieved in a double blind randomized study using in-vivo confocal microscopy to identify and quantify…
- Trial name
- NCT00414739
- Testing
- Benzalkonium chloride
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rostock
Pregnancy, Obesity
An Optimized Programming of Healthy Children (APPROACH)
The Nutrition Research Unit at Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev will during the fall 2013 initiate a randomized and controlled intervention study engaging 390 obese pregnant women.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Obesity, Gestational Age and Weight Conditions, Maternal Care for Excessive Fetal Growth
- Trial name
- NCT01894139
- Testing
- High-Protein/Low-GI Diet, Low-protein/High-GI Diet
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Traumatic Brain Injury, Fatigue
Brain and Gut Plasticity in Mild TBI or Post-acute COVID Syndrome Following Growth Hormone Therapy
Patients with a history of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or post acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) and abnormal growth hormone secretion, as measured by glucagon stimulation test, will be treated with replacement growth…
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Fatigue, Cognitive Impairment, COVID-19
- Trial name
- NCT03554265
- Testing
- Somatropin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD), Hemodialysis
Cardiovascular and Bone Mineral Markers in Dialysis Patients and Healthy Controls
This observational study will compare cardiovascular status, bone mineral metabolism, systemic inflammation, body composition, functional status, quality of life, pruritus, and pain among patients receiving different renal…
- Conditions
- End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD), Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)
- Trial name
- NCT07686978
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gazi University
HIV Infections
Induction and Expansion of T Cell Repertoire Using Growth Hormone and Vaccination in HIV-1 Infected Patients
Concomitant administration of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) may boost the expansion of immune reconstitution and broaden specific T cell responses not achievable by vaccination alone.
- Trial name
- NCT00287677
- Testing
- recombinant human Growth Hormone, Vaccination, HAART
- Where
- 2 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
Stunting, Severe Acute Malnutrition
Changes in Nerve Electro Physiologic Properties in Children Before and After Correction of Malnutrition
The goal of this clinical trail study is to measure neurophysiologic parameters to assess the effect of malnutrition on the peripheral nervous system and their response to treatment in three categories (SAM, severe wasting, and…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Severe Acute Malnutrition, Wasting
- Trial name
- NCT05891457
- Testing
- Nutritional Intervention
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Breast Cancer
A Dose-Finding Study of Subcutaneous Herceptin (Trastuzumab) in Healthy Male Volunteers and Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2)-Positive Females
This two-part study is designed to select the subcutaneous (SC) dose of Herceptin that results in comparable exposure to intravenous (IV) Herceptin in healthy male participants and in HER2-positive female participants.
- Trial name
- NCT00800436
- Testing
- Herceptin
- Where
- 3 sites in Australia, New Zealand
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hoffmann-La Roche
Syncytiotrophoblast
From Cytotrophoblast to Syncytiotrophoblast
A deeper understanding of the syncytiotrophoblast development processes and its properties may allow a better understanding of the placenta pathological process for the development of treatment models for the relevant pregnancy…
- Trial name
- NCT02368821
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Meir Medical Center
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Effect of Exercise on Post-traumatic Growth Among Health Care Providers With Post-traumatic Stress
The purpose of designing this randomized control trial is to observe the effect of nature-based walk on post-traumatic growth and Psychophysiological alterations associated with it, in traumatic stress among health care providers…
- Trial name
- NCT04592770
- Testing
- Nature based walk therapy, Sit in nature
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Karachi
Hypertensive Disorder of Pregnancy, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
A Prospective Longitudinal Observational Cohort Study of Pregnant Women Residing at High Altitude in Bolivia
In this study, the investigators will follow two small cohorts of pregnant women: a cohort of healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies residing at high altitude, a control group of healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies…
- Conditions
- Hypertensive Disorder of Pregnancy, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Intrauterine Growth Restriction
- Trial name
- NCT07312227
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Bolivia
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital